达 (dá): to attain, to reach, to amount to, to communicate, eminent
达 (dá) is a Chinese character meaning “to attain.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辶 (semantic) and 大 (phonetic). It ranks #289 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 达 is a compound character. Its radical form 辶 (walk) appears in many related characters such as 边 (biān, side), 过 (guò, to pass, past), 还 (hái, still, return).
Definitions
- to attain
- to reach
- to amount to
- to communicate
- eminent
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 达
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 到达verb | dào dá | to reach | 5 |
| 表达verb | biǎo dá | to express | 5 |
| 达到verb | dá dào | to reach | 4 |
| 达成verb | dá chéng | to reach (an agreement) | 5 |
| 抵达verb | dǐ dá | to arrive | 6 |
| 传达verb | chuán dá | to pass on | 6 |
| 发达adjective/verb | fā dá | well-developed | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 佛罗里达proper-noun | fó luó lǐ dá | Florida |
| 雷达noun | léi dá | (loanword) radar |
| 达拉斯proper-noun | dá lā sī | Dallas |
| 柯达 | kē dá | Kodak (brand, US film company) |
| 巴格达proper-noun | bā gé dá | Baghdad, capital of Iraq |
| 下达verb | xià dá | to transmit to lower levels |
| 萨达姆proper-noun | sà dá mǔ | Saddam Hussein (1937–2006), president of Iraq 1979–2003 |
| 转达verb | zhuǎn dá | to pass on |
| 斯巴达 | sī bā dá | Sparta |
| 内华达 | nèi huá dá | Nevada, US state |
| 卢旺达proper-noun | lú wàng dá | Rwanda |
| 直达verb | zhí dá | to reach (a place) directly |
| 达尔文proper-noun | dá ěr wén | Charles Darwin (1809–1882), British biologist, author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源|物种起源 |
| 溜达verb | liū da | to stroll |
| 明尼苏达 | míng ní sū dá | Minnesota, USA |
达 appears in 104 compound words: 25 as the first character, 63 as the last, and 13 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 达 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (19)
Bogda Peak (the highest mountain in the Bogda Shan range, in the eastern Tian Shan mountains, China)
Showing 12 of 19 idioms containing 达.
Example Sentences
表达自己的想法很重要，这样别人才能理解你。
Biǎodá zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ hěn zhòngyào, zhèyàng biérén cáinéng líjiě nǐ.
Expressing your own ideas is important; only then can others understand you.
上海首波大客流已抵达!外滩、南京路、豫园......客流量....
shǎng hǎi shǒu bō dà kè liú yǐ dǐ dá ! wài tān nán jīng lù yù yuán . . . . . . kè liú liáng . . . .
The first wave of heavy traffic in Shanghai has arrived! The Bund, Nanjing Road, Yuyuan Garden ...... Passenger flow ....
2026年世界知识产权报告:创新传播速度达历史新高
nián shì jiè zhī shí chǎn quán bào gào chuàng xīn chuán bō sù dù dá lì shǐ xīn gāo
World Intellectual Property Report 2026: Diffusion of innovations reaches record pace
英伟达美股盘前涨近2%
yīng wěi dá měi gǔ pán qián zhǎng jìn
NVIDIA shares rise nearly 2% in premarket trading
B站总台春晚直播弹幕数达1.33亿,发送数量排名前..
zhàn zǒng tái chūn wǎn zhí bō dàn mù shǔ dá . yì , fā sòng shǔ liáng pái míng qián . .
Bilibili's Spring Festival Gala live stream recorded 133 million bullet comments, ranking among the top in terms of comment volume...
腾讯:元宝日活超5000万,月活达1.14亿
téng xùn yuán bǎo rì huó chāo mò , yuè huó dá . yì
Tencent: Yuanbao surpasses 50 million daily active users, with monthly active users reaching 114 million.
火车什么时候到达横滨？
Huǒchē shénme shíhou dàodá Héngbīn?
What time will the train arrive in Yokohama?
内心世界很丰富，不知该如何表达了！
Nèixīnshìjiè hěn fēngfù, bù zhī gāi rúhé biǎodá le!
Deep down, everyone is rich and beautiful, but we don't know how to express it!
多连达真的回来了？！
Duō lián dá zhēn de huílai le?!
Did Dorenda really come back?!
鲍勃第一个到达终点线。
Bàobó dì-yī gè dàodá zhōngdiǎnxiàn.
Bob reached the finish line first.
Character Family
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